Scrolling through my instagram feed, Aka Teppan seemed to be a hit in Markham especially in the saturated FMP plaza filled with asian restaurants. In fact, seeing the images of their hot plate specials, it definitely reminded me of pepper lunches back in Hong Kong.
My friend had the beef rice special while I had the spaghetti with cream sauce, chicken, and mushrooms. We both agreed his dish was a lot better - the flavours were more vibrant and the sauce worked really well with the rice and meat. The tenderness of the meat was great too! On the other hand, I thought the spaghetti was a bit of a miss - it was really oily and the cream sauce didn't really bring any flavour to the spaghetti itself.
Their appetizers are really good though - their chicken wings and cheese rice cakes are BOMB! I would definitely recommend both of these appetizers.